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GB2351555B - Improved assay analysis - Google Patents

Improved assay analysis

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Publication number
GB2351555B
GB2351555B GB0009213A GB0009213A GB2351555B GB 2351555 B GB2351555 B GB 2351555B GB 0009213 A GB0009213 A GB 0009213A GB 0009213 A GB0009213 A GB 0009213A GB 2351555 B GB2351555 B GB 2351555B
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Prior art keywords
assay analysis
improved assay
improved
analysis
assay
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
GB0009213A
Other versions
GB2351555A (en
GB0009213D0 (en
Inventor
John Gordon Rushbrooke
Claire Elizabeth Hooper
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Cambridge Imaging Ltd
Revvity Health Sciences Inc
Original Assignee
Cambridge Imaging Ltd
Packard Instrument Co Inc
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Publication of GB0009213D0 publication Critical patent/GB0009213D0/en
Publication of GB2351555A publication Critical patent/GB2351555A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2351555B publication Critical patent/GB2351555B/en
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01NINVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/62Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
    • G01N21/63Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light optically excited
    • G01N21/64Fluorescence; Phosphorescence
    • G01N21/645Specially adapted constructive features of fluorimeters
    • G01N21/6452Individual samples arranged in a regular 2D-array, e.g. multiwell plates
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/50Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes
    • B01L3/508Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above
    • B01L3/5085Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes rigid containers not provided for above for multiple samples, e.g. microtitration plates
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2219/00Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
    • B01J2219/00274Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/00277Apparatus
    • B01J2219/00279Features relating to reactor vessels
    • B01J2219/00306Reactor vessels in a multiple arrangement
    • B01J2219/00313Reactor vessels in a multiple arrangement the reactor vessels being formed by arrays of wells in blocks
    • B01J2219/00315Microtiter plates
    • B01J2219/00317Microwell devices, i.e. having large numbers of wells
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01JCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J2219/00Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus
    • B01J2219/00274Sequential or parallel reactions; Apparatus and devices for combinatorial chemistry or for making arrays; Chemical library technology
    • B01J2219/0068Means for controlling the apparatus of the process
    • B01J2219/00702Processes involving means for analysing and characterising the products
    • B01J2219/00707Processes involving means for analysing and characterising the products separated from the reactor apparatus
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01LCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L2300/00Additional constructional details
    • B01L2300/08Geometry, shape and general structure
    • B01L2300/0893Geometry, shape and general structure having a very large number of wells, microfabricated wells
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C40COMBINATORIAL TECHNOLOGY
    • C40BCOMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES
    • C40B60/00Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries
    • C40B60/14Apparatus specially adapted for use in combinatorial chemistry or with libraries for creating libraries
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01NINVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N21/00Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
    • G01N21/62Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light
    • G01N21/63Systems in which the material investigated is excited whereby it emits light or causes a change in wavelength of the incident light optically excited
    • G01N21/64Fluorescence; Phosphorescence
    • G01N21/645Specially adapted constructive features of fluorimeters
    • G01N2021/6484Optical fibres
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01NINVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2201/00Features of devices classified in G01N21/00
    • G01N2201/08Optical fibres; light guides
    • G01N2201/0846Fibre interface with sample, e.g. for spatial resolution

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Hematology (AREA)
  • Clinical Laboratory Science (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biochemistry (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Immunology (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Investigating, Analyzing Materials By Fluorescence Or Luminescence (AREA)
  • Optical Measuring Cells (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By The Use Of Chemical Reactions (AREA)
GB0009213A 1999-06-29 2000-04-14 Improved assay analysis Expired - Lifetime GB2351555B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9915034.4A GB9915034D0 (en) 1999-06-29 1999-06-29 Improved assay analysis

Publications (3)

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GB0009213D0 GB0009213D0 (en) 2000-05-31
GB2351555A GB2351555A (en) 2001-01-03
GB2351555B true GB2351555B (en) 2004-03-03

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GB0009213A Expired - Lifetime GB2351555B (en) 1999-06-29 2000-04-14 Improved assay analysis
GBGB0329555.7A Ceased GB0329555D0 (en) 1999-06-29 2003-12-22 Improved assay analysis

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Country Status (6)

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US (1) US6969835B1 (en)
EP (2) EP1515135A3 (en)
AU (1) AU4580800A (en)
DE (1) DE60020702T2 (en)
GB (3) GB9915034D0 (en)
WO (1) WO2001001115A1 (en)

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GB0329555D0 (en) 2004-01-28
EP1515135A2 (en) 2005-03-16
DE60020702D1 (en) 2005-07-14
US6969835B1 (en) 2005-11-29
GB2351555A (en) 2001-01-03
EP1190235A1 (en) 2002-03-27
GB9915034D0 (en) 1999-08-25
AU4580800A (en) 2001-01-31
DE60020702T2 (en) 2006-03-16
EP1515135A3 (en) 2005-07-20
GB0009213D0 (en) 2000-05-31
EP1190235B1 (en) 2005-06-08
WO2001001115A1 (en) 2001-01-04

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